Pole or shaft supporter.



N0. 634,88". Patented Oct. 10, I899.

C. BUTCHER.

POLE 0R SHAFT SUPPOBTEB.

(Application filed Bar. 80, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

CHARLES BUTCHER, OF CAMBRIDGE,MASSACHUSETTS.

POLE on SHAFT suePoRTER.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 634,801, dated October 10, 1899.

Applicationfilecl March so, 1899.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES Bureaus, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cambridge, in the county of Middlesex and'State off-Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Pole or Shaft Supportriage, showing a portion of the pole or shaft supporter in section. Fig. 2 represents asectional side elevation of a-carriage, showing the pole or shaft supporter longitudinally in section. Fig. 3 represents a detail perspective view of the improved pole or shaft supporter, and Fig. 4 represents a cross-section onthe line 4 4 shown in Fig; 3.

i Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they occur on the difierent parts of the drawings. In the drawings, Figs. 1 and 2, A represents a carriage-body of any suitable size or shape, having secured to its forward end the usual springs B B,the latter being pivoted by means of the king-bolt O to the forward axle D, on which d d are the wheels, asusual. I

E represents the shafts or thills, as usual,

pivoted to the front axle D and provided with a cross-bar e, as is common in devices of this kind.

My improved pole or shaft supporter consists of a bar or lever B, the forward end of which is slotted or forked, as shown at f in Figs. 2 and 3. In the slottedor forked portion f is received the adjustable supportinglink G, which is forked or slotted, as shown at g in said Figs. 2 and 3, for the purpose of receiving a clamping-bolt h passing through a perforation in the bar or lever F and the forked or slotted portion of the link G. H is a thumb-nut on the screw-bolt h for securing the link G in any desired position to the bar or lever F, as shown in Fig. 3. On the under side of the bar F, I make a longitudinal groove F; (shown in Figs. 1,2, and 4) for the purpose of receiving the head of the kin bolt 0 when the pole or shaft supporter is in use,-as represented: in Fig. 2. Byhaving .DGSSGS.

such groove F on the under side of the lever Serial No. 711,096. (No model.)

center of thecarriage-body, so as to receive the head of the bolt 0, thus preventing the F the latter may be placed directly below the" lever F from moving sidewise or slipping downward when placed in the position shown lever resting against the under side of the carriage-body A and its middle or forward end resting on the lower spring '13 in such a manner that the head of the king-bolt G is received in the groove F on the under side of. the lever or bar F, as fully represented in Figs. 1 and 2. The pole or shafts E are then raised more or less, as may be desired, and the link G placed below the cross-bar e on the pole or shafts and secured to the bar or lever F by means of the fastening-bolt h and nut H, as shown in Fig. 2. v

The device is very simple in construction, is composed of very few parts, and isreadily' adjustable for carriages or wagons of any kind. \Vhen not needed for use, the device may be foldedtogether in ,a very small com= pass. V

What I wish to secure by Letters Patent and claim is The herein-described pole or shaft supporter comprising a bar F consisting of a single integral piece of wood provided on its un der side with a longitudinal groove F and bifurcated at one end, as at f, a shaft-supporting link Glongitudinally slotted or forked from one end to near its opposite end and disposed between the forked ends of the said bar, an adjusting-bolt h extending through perforations in the forked ends of the bar and through the slot in the link, and a thumbnut for tightening said bolt to secure the parts in their adjusted positions, the grooved under side of the bar being arranged to engage the king-bolt of the vehicle and the upper end of the link operating to engage and support the pole or shafts, substantially as described. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- CHARLES BUTCHER.

NVitnesses:

ALBAN 'ANDREN, MARGARET E. DALEY.

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